I have the Hayne's manual, and I was going to replace the water pump myself until I got to the part about removing half the engine (alternator, right-side engine mount, power-steering pump, engine drive belts, underside plastic protector, battery, etc.). My car has over 90K miles, and I would hate to pay someone to do this, but it seems too involved. Has anyone done this before? My car has been good to me, but should I just buck up and have this done?

BTW, it's a 2004 Honda Accord EX V6.

Maybe, depends on how much time you have. Is it pretty tight space on the V6? May just be better leaving it to someone else, but I pretty much do all my work, sometimes to my own detriment.

Im assuming its somewhere between 90 and 100k... why not just do the tbelt along with the water pump.

:stupid:

Oh. I plan on replacing all the belts, the thermostat, and the water pump, along with the engine coolant. The problem is taking off the timing belt. It's time consuming. Has anyone does this before?

You will want the Factory Service Manual from Helm for this job. Haynes is great for replacing t-stat and such stuff, but not for the larger jobs such as this one.

You will want the Factory Service Manual from Helm for this job. Haynes is great for replacing t-stat and such stuff, but not for the larger jobs such as this one.

What's the difference? They should still have the same procedure right? The only thing that was frustrating about the Hayne's manual is that it takes you all over the go-dammned book in order to remove and replace everything. Just put it all in one section!

Factory manual is 3X better than a Haynes or Chilton manual which are way too general in their instructions and they don't show all the differences between models, sedans/coupes, I-4/V-6 etc. The Helms factory manuals are usually about 2 inches thick just for one model and they are priced accordingly (no pun intended) :)